Responsible for managing procurement functions, vendor relations, and category management at Caliber. Coordinate strategies to drive supplier performance and compliance with corporate sustainability goals.
About the role
- Sourcing Category Manager responsible for managing IT Category Management indirect spend at CVS Health. Developing strategies to drive P&L value while collaborating with business leaders and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain short, medium, and long term category sourcing plans, spend profiles, and pipeline
- Schedule and maintain cadence of regularly scheduled sourcing category reviews and planning sessions with key leaders within the assigned business area; establish self as category sourcing expert
- Guide analyst base on sourcing activities to ensure successful execution of RFx events for category
- Accountable for quantifying and delivering against savings targets for category
- Serve as execution lead on major Sourcing events with high complexity, spend, and/or visibility
- Educate business partners on policies and processes in place to support Strategic Sourcing; communicate and demonstrate team’s value proposition
- Maintain status of all completed, active, and planned sourcing activities to review with Strategic Sourcing management
- Effectively communicate Strategic Sourcing’s value proposition and goals to key leaders and stakeholders
- Leverage spend analytics, market intelligence, and expiring contracts reporting to continuously build pipeline of opportunities for sourcing to address within category
- Maintain strong working relationship with CVS Health’s business and vendor management teams, ensuring that Strategic Sourcing is engaged early on all prospective engagements requiring vendor support
- Work with stakeholders to develop bid strategies and create effective scope of work documents for competitive bid processes
- Develop processes to ensure that CVS Health’s business stakeholders are utilizing preferred suppliers wherever possible, thereby leveraging the enterprise’s scale to drive greater value for the company
- Collaborate with CVS Health’s contracting team to identify new and creative approaches to contracting with vendor partners
Requirements
- 7+ years working experience
- 5-8 years of professional experience related to Sourcing & Category Management, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Analytics, Project Management, or Management Consulting
- Ability to travel up to 10% for supplier presentations, site visits, and key department meetings at RI Headquarters (no more than quarterly)
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- Possess a strong business acumen and high level of problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to confidently and expertly interact with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical ability, strategic thinker, learn and process new information quickly
- Strong organization and project management skills
- Shown ability to handle multiple tasks without direct supervision, while paying strong attention to detail and follow-up
- Intellectually curious, eager to gain new experiences, qualifications, and responsibilities
- Negotiation Skills / Experience
- Vendor Management / Consolidation Experience
- Experience with electronic sourcing platforms, such as Ariba eSourcing, is a plus
- MBA preferred.
Benefits
- Affordable medical plan options
- 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
- Employee stock purchase plan
- No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
- Paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
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